LWV DelCo Environmental Clearinghouse
Delaware County Environmental Clearinghouse
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency unveiled its latest – and hopefully last – remediation effort at the Havertown Superfund Site on Nov. 19, aimed at collecting contaminants that have flowed […]
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has awarded the Delaware County Planning Department $37,000 to install up to 50 air quality monitors to measure particulate emissions throughout the Chester-Marcus Hook area.
Marcus Hook Area Neighbors for Public Health started out as a small group of residents meeting in a diner in 2020 who were alarmed by the lack of concern for air pollution in Marcus Hook, home to a large concentration of petrochemical industries.
Transition Town Greater Media is more than an environmental organization, it is also tackling economic and social issues on a local, hands-on scale in and around Delaware County’s seat.
Excessive and constant foul odors, air pollution and noise are common environmental health issues stressing out the residents of 10 communities in southern Delaware County, according to a study by Johns Hopkins University, the Clean Air Council, and Marcus Hook Neighbors for Public Health.
